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Get to know the City's hiring process
City and County of San Francisco employment is governed by a set of rules known as the civil service rules whose purpose is to ensure that every job's hiring process been fair and equitable.
Most positions within the City are considered Permanent Civil Service (PCS, for short), meaning that they are covered by the civil service rules. There are also many opportunities that are exempt from the civil service rules. Learn more about role types
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Understand Position Types
Learn more about PCS and Exempt positions.
Hiring Process
What happens next?
While this guide is intended to assist you in understanding our hiring processes, each job class, position, department, and situation is different, and the exact process for the position that you are interested in may vary.